Everyone with an Ostomy bag know that they can smell from time to time. I am wondering what everyone uses or does for odor control. I my self try cleaning the bag out every time I empty it (when at home) and I also use a lubricating deodorant as well as a filtered bag.

mine doesnt smell unless i have a leak. but i like the m9 dropsUC for 8 years, before finally kicking its butt and having a permanent ileostomy April 17 2007! -I have gone to find myself, if i get back before i return, keep me here-No matter what kind of day you are having, take five minutes to sing loudly and dance like a fool!

OutpatientI lost my sense of smell 35 years ago. However, my dog has a good sense of smell, as do most. She has NEVER stuck her nose near my pouch. With a "secure" pouch I do not think odor is a problem. I use no deodorants. When you empty that is another story........

Mine doesn't smell either. We have a cat and sometimes watch our daughter's two dogs and none of the pets come sniffing around me, only when I have treats for them . I use the m9 drops too.

When I was using the Hollister bags, one broke while we were at a concert. No one knew, not even me!!! Thank God I went to the restroom after the show. That is when I made the gruesome discovery. I just packed it with toilet tissue because my extra bags were in our car...really prepared huh..lol. That evening I had eaten quite a few wintergreen mints and that is what it smelled like...minty fresh . I have since switched to the one piece Coloplast. They are great, very strong. I could put a hand grenade in them and they wouldn't split.

There is no smell if you use peroxide everytime you empty. Greatest thing I have found so far. Just a capful in your pouch when you empty and your good to go. Sometimes I do admit I put just a little more in at night because I can usually sleep alnight without having to get up and empty.

pswift520 said...There is no smell if you use peroxide everytime you empty. Greatest thing I have found so far. Just a capful in your pouch when you empty and your good to go. Sometimes I do admit I put just a little more in at night because I can usually sleep alnight without having to get up and empty.

How do you get the Peroxide in the bag? Through the drain? Aren't you afraid it might burn yor stoma?

Yeah, you can just pour it in through the drain in your bag. I put it in a tiny bottle that I keep next to the toilet. It won't hurt your stoma. You can put it in your mouth, which means it's safe for your intestines. Just get the regular kind at the drugstore. It's like 89 cents a bottle.

Thanks for the peroxide tip, I'll try it. I just got M9 drops in the mail, about an hour before I headed for the ER, brought them with to the hospital. They are much better than anything I've tried -- had samples of adapt and dev ko, and tried breath mints when I ran out of those.

I am a little unclear whether my green poop is because of hospital things (contrast antibiotics) or because of the blue drops. If anyone knows, that'd be helpful. Guess I could just not use it once or twice to see, but I am really liking the absence of odor when I change.... since I still can't sit, it's bigger deal, feels like my face is just too close.

Hi, about the peroxide, ? is this the name it would have on the label in the pharmacy or would there be a popular/ cheap brand name . ? Also what amount would you put into the bag each time it is emptied

CheersUC since 1990, not a lot of funQualified as ileostomate May 2010, a much happier boy nowpanproctocolectomy, abdomino perineal resection, perm ileostomymy colon may not be, but my heart is in the right place !!

peroxide is just peroxide, thats the name that would be on the bottle.

blueglass the greeny color is from the M9 drops.UC for 8 years, before finally kicking its butt and having a permanent ileostomy April 17 2007! -I have gone to find myself, if i get back before i return, keep me here-No matter what kind of day you are having, take five minutes to sing loudly and dance like a fool!

I just bought Hydrogen Peroxide at Walgreens for my first try. It's on sale. 16 oz cost me only 50 cents even!Side note:I tucked my Convatec Invisaclose bag over my seatbelt on my way home. I pulled into a friend's driveway to invite him to dinner with my wife and I. When I unhooked my seatbelt and got out of the car, I also unhooked the closure and deposited my load in a big blob on his driveway. He kindly offered and drug out his garden hose but declined the dinner invite.

We all had a good laugh. I'm still alot better off than I was three months ago.Dave DGrandpa Dave is 72.IBD since 1977Perforation and resection 1993Diagnosed as Ulcerative Colitis 1994IBD since 1977Received first J-Pouch 1997Diagnosed as Chron's 2004Redo, resection, and remove camera capsule 2005Contracted Scleritis of the Eye 2008Mild Stroke 2009.Permenant Ileostomy 2011.

Re the hydrogen peroxide, use only the 3% solution (not the stuff you use to dye hair, etc with - that's way too strong). The 3% solution is usually found in the first aid section and is dilute enough to use as a mouthwash and also to clean out scrapes and cuts.Ileostomy for 34 years due to UC. I had my surgery at 10 years of age.

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Dave D said...I just bought Hydrogen Peroxide at Walgreens for my first try. It's on sale. 16 oz cost me only 50 cents even!Side note:I tucked my Convatec Invisaclose bag over my seatbelt on my way home. I pulled into a friend's driveway to invite him to dinner with my wife and I. When I unhooked my seatbelt and got out of the car, I also unhooked the closure and deposited my load in a big blob on his driveway. He kindly offered and drug out his garden hose but declined the dinner invite.

We all had a good laugh. I'm still alot better off than I was three months ago.Dave D

Dave ! HA HA! You should have offered to buy your friend dinner for free after that! Kewl story!